JMD95 Posted April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 Billikens to Hold Men’s Basketball Banquet April 30 Courtesy: Saint Louis Athletics Release: 04/02/2014 More Sharing Services ST. LOUIS – The Saint Louis University men’s basketball banquet is set for Wednesday, April 30, at 6 p.m. at Chaifetz Arena. Tickets are $30 per person and may be purchased by calling the Billiken Ticket Office at 314-977-1260. Free parking is available for guests in the Fred Weber VIP Lot. You may be recognized as a banquet sponsor with a minimum gift of $1,000. In exchange for your generosity, you or your organization will be recognized during the program. If you would like to be a sponsor, please contact Matt Hayden at 314-977-7145 or [email protected]. The evening will include a special tribute to SLU’s five seniors – Jake Barnett, Dwayne Evans, Jordair Jett, Rob Loe and Mike McCall Jr. They are the winningest class in Billiken history with 93 victories. Saint Louis finished the season 27-7 and made a program-record third straight NCAA Tournament appearance. In addition, the Billikens captured the Atlantic 10 Conference regular-season title for the second year in a row. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bills By 40 Posted April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 Roll call! I'm a maybe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billikenboy Posted April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 Hard to miss this one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bills By 40 Posted April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 Hard to miss this one! So does that mean you'll be there or nah? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLUisville Posted April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 My wife and I will be there! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billikenboy Posted April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 Nah. Hopefully we will hear all about it on here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUBillsFan Posted April 23, 2014 Share Posted April 23, 2014 Bump since this is now 1 week away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slufan13 Posted April 23, 2014 Share Posted April 23, 2014 I'll be there. 05 will be too I think Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlumniFan Posted April 24, 2014 Share Posted April 24, 2014 Trying to fit this in with a LOT of other SLU stuff. Hopefully will make it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slu72 Posted April 30, 2014 Share Posted April 30, 2014 Any reports on how the dinner went? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billboy1 Posted April 30, 2014 Share Posted April 30, 2014 Don't know-it's tonight Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUBillsFan Posted April 30, 2014 Share Posted April 30, 2014 Any reports on how the dinner went? You may want to check the date. The dinner is tonight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slufan13 Posted April 30, 2014 Share Posted April 30, 2014 Who all will be there tonight? I'll be there and I have an extra ticket now. Will give away for free. PM me if interested. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SluSignGuy Posted April 30, 2014 Share Posted April 30, 2014 It says the Banquet starts at 6pm. Do the doors open earlier? (e.g. the cocktail hour before like last year?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigMouthBilliken Posted May 1, 2014 Share Posted May 1, 2014 How was it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billboy1 Posted May 1, 2014 Share Posted May 1, 2014 My opinion was that it was nicely done. The highlights for each of the seniors were very good and Crews gave a good speech and heartfelt words on each. The Joshua Brown segment was also moving. All in all a pleasant evening. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slufan13 Posted May 1, 2014 Share Posted May 1, 2014 Thought it ran a little too long but it was good. I found it ironic that Jake talked about how he had to say the same thing 20 different ways throughout the season because I almost felt that's how the night went. Really enjoyed the highlights from the season that they played during the season recap. Definitely thought the Joshua Brown segment was moving and it showed how much of an impact he still has today. They gave out an award to one of the players who best exemplified the traits that Josh had. The award went to Jake. Was glad to see LePore there even though he's at San Jose St now. The coaches made it no secret that losing him is a big loss. Danny Brown was promoted to Director of Player Development or something like that. Crews made a point that it wasn't just a team of seniors and that he's excited for the future. He also obviously took plenty of time to honor all of the seniors and give them the respect that they earned. Food was decent. Each of the players was interviewed by Rammer about moments in the season. Coach Platt had some very good things to say about Jake and I think he did a good job of showing Jake's impact on and off the court. Coach Cheaney admitted that Dwayne did block his shot in practice a couple weeks back. He said that everyone gets lucky sometimes. He then went on to praise Dwayne for everything he's done and he guaranteed that when Dwayne is done playing basketball, he'll be first class at whatever he does next. Coach Bronson praised Jordair's development both as a player and as a person. Said that you don't usually see a guy going from coming off the bench as a junior to A10 POY and Honorable Mention All American as a senior. But he said it was because of his team first attitude. Crews praised Jake and Dwayne for their off the court actions as well as their leadership. Crews talked about Jake's development as a defensive player. Crews talked about how Dwayne played a completely different position this season than he did last season and that Dwayne never said a word about it and just went about his business to help the team. Crews praised Jett for his development and how he really became a leader as a senior. Crews talked about how Loe did so many unseen things right such as being in the right place on defense or setting a screen off the ball on offense. Said he has an incredible gift of understanding the game. Crews talked about how when a play needed to be made, it was always McCall. He said it wasn't always necessarily at the end of the game either. Mike would come up with a huge steal or a huge assist even if those were his only steals/assists in that game. Said he silently became a great player on both ends of the ball. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slu72 Posted May 1, 2014 Share Posted May 1, 2014 All praise for this group is justly deserved. We'll miss you guys. A great 4 year run that will go down as the Golden years and hopefully the the foundation for a great program going forward. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbofive Posted May 1, 2014 Share Posted May 1, 2014 All praise for this group is justly deserved. We'll miss you guys. A great 4 year run that will go down as the Golden years and hopefully the the foundation for a great program going forward. great group of seniors, they really gave it what for. couldn't have gotten an ounce more out of their ability, and i firmly believe that. thanks, dudes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schasz Posted May 1, 2014 Share Posted May 1, 2014 These young men really got everything out of the talent they had and what a wonderful ride we had during their Billiken careers. I wish each of them the very best. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JettFlight5 Posted May 3, 2014 Share Posted May 3, 2014 great group of seniors, they really gave it what for. couldn't have gotten an ounce more out of their ability, and i firmly believe that. thanks, dudes. Truer words have rarely been spoken. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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